NR72 Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 Just been told about this fantastic thread , i love first hand accounts. Just finished "Make me a Soldier" by Arthur Behrend about a Platoon Commander in Gallipoli a great read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 5 hours ago, NR72 said: Just been told about this fantastic thread , i love first hand accounts. Just finished "Make me a Soldier" by Arthur Behrend about a Platoon Commander in Gallipoli a great read His other book, ‘As from Kemmel Hill’ is even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 31 minutes ago, Dust Jacket Collector said: His other book, ‘As from Kemmel Hill’ is even better. Oh great didn't know he wrote another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 Arthur Behrend also wrote an earlier book, available as a Naval & Militaty Press reprint NINE DAYS Adventures of a Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Third Army during the German Offensive of March 21-29 1918 (originally published 1921) https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/nine-days-adventures-of-a-heavy-artillery-brigade-of-the-third-army-during-the-german-offensive-of-march-21-29-1918/ According to the abstract, he was adjutant of the 90th Brigade of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 On 16/11/2019 at 03:00, Maureene said: Arthur Behrend also wrote an earlier book, available as a Naval & Militaty Press reprint NINE DAYS Adventures of a Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Third Army during the German Offensive of March 21-29 1918 (originally published 1921) https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/nine-days-adventures-of-a-heavy-artillery-brigade-of-the-third-army-during-the-german-offensive-of-march-21-29-1918/ According to the abstract, he was adjutant of the 90th Brigade of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Cheers Maureen Thanks Maureen ! I particularly like Gallipoli ones , any recommendations? And RND but I think I've exhausted them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 1 hour ago, NR72 said: I particularly like Gallipoli ones , any recommendations? And RND but I think I've exhausted them There are many online autobiographies linked from the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Gallipoli, section Historical books online https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Gallipoli#Historical_books_online Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 21 November , 2019 Share Posted 21 November , 2019 4 hours ago, NR72 said: And RND but I think I've exhausted them I presume you've read On Four Fronts with the Royal Naval Division by surgeons Geoffrey Sparrow & J. N. Macbean Ross? sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 22 November , 2019 Share Posted 22 November , 2019 Hi all, Moving along with the diaries and memoirs of the ladies I'm reseraching, I'm now starting Kate Luard's memoirs "Unknown Warriors" and the letters of "Happy Warrior" Betty Stevenson. Have a good WE!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 24 January , 2020 Share Posted 24 January , 2020 On 21/11/2019 at 23:31, seaJane said: I presume you've read On Four Fronts with the Royal Naval Division by surgeons Geoffrey Sparrow & J. N. Macbean Ross? sJ Hi Jane yes , this is the RND List i have • The Royal Naval Division by Douglas Jerrold• The Hood Bn by Leonard Sellers• Nelson at War 1914-18 by Ray Swales• Gallipoli 1915 by Joseph Murray• The Mudhook by A C Mott• Khaki Jack by E C Coleman• Path of Duty by Frederick Cornelius• Call to Arms by Joseph Murray• On Four Fronts by Sparrow and Ross• From Ypres to Cambrai by Frank Hawkins• Warrior and Prisoner of War - Antwerp to Doeberitz 1914-1918 by N Norman Sheffield Pugh• At Antwerp and The Dardanelles by Rev HC Foster• Georgian Adventure by Douglas Jerrold• A Quiet life of a Marine in the Great War by Pat Francis• A dear and noble boy of Louis Stokes• The Hawke Bn by Douglas Jerrold• At Antwerp and the Dardanelles by Rev HC Foster• Command in the Royal Naval division by Chris Page• The Exceution of Edwin Dyett by Len Sellers• letters and Remembrances of Sub Lt Arthur Tisdall• Sea Power Ashore 200 years of Royal Navy Operations on land• With the Hoods by Charles Lister• History of the Medical Unit of the RND by Arhur Gaskell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 24 January , 2020 Share Posted 24 January , 2020 25 minutes ago, NR72 said: Hi Jane yes , this is the RND List i have That's really useful, thanks! I know a chaplain RN who will be interested in At Antwerp and The Dardanelles by Rev HC Foster (which appears twice on the above list, by the way). sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 20 hours ago, seaJane said: That's really useful, thanks! I know a chaplain RN who will be interested in At Antwerp and The Dardanelles by Rev HC Foster (which appears twice on the above list, by the way). sJ No Problem , some are hard to get hold of especially the one youve mentioned ! I need it as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 There's a copy on eBay for only £350. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 2 hours ago, keithmroberts said: There's a copy on eBay for only £350. Blimey ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 2 hours ago, keithmroberts said: There's a copy on eBay for only £350. KR- a gross misrepresentation. Very unfair on that vendor to say it is "only" £350 when ,actually, it is not. There is postage on top as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 (edited) My apologies. Edited 25 January , 2020 by keithmroberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 (edited) Tom Donovan has a copy in better condition for £125 . Paid about £100 for my copy , but it is a very rare book (possibly because it was published by Mills & Boon who are better known for their romantic fiction than war books ) p.s a couple more R.N.D books .. 'The diaries of Horace Bruckshaw' and 'A Marine at Gallipoli and on the Western Front ' ( both 2nd R.M.L.I ) Edited 25 January , 2020 by Black Maria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 26 January , 2020 Share Posted 26 January , 2020 16 hours ago, Black Maria said: Tom Donovan has a copy in better condition for £125 . Paid about £100 for my copy , but it is a very rare book (possibly because it was published by Mills & Boon who are better known for their romantic fiction than war books ) p.s a couple more R.N.D books .. 'The diaries of Horace Bruckshaw' and 'A Marine at Gallipoli and on the Western Front ' ( both 2nd R.M.L.I ) Is Tom Donavon on ebay? , thanks for the heads up on the other RND books , appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurgam13 Posted 26 January , 2020 Share Posted 26 January , 2020 It's my copy on eBay and, as mentioned in the listing, is only the third I have seen in twenty years. I kept one and sold the other (not ex-Library) for more than the current listing. Strangely enough, the last time I was in the Post Office and asked to send a book for nothing i was given short shrift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 26 January , 2020 Share Posted 26 January , 2020 19 minutes ago, NR72 said: Is Tom Donavon on ebay? , thanks for the heads up on the other RND books , appreciate it No , he has his own website and has got some great books on it at the moment https://turnerdonovan.com/bookspds.aspx?sectionID=185&mv=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR72 Posted 26 January , 2020 Share Posted 26 January , 2020 21 minutes ago, Black Maria said: No , he has his own website and has got some great books on it at the moment https://turnerdonovan.com/bookspds.aspx?sectionID=185&mv=0 Thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 26 January , 2020 Share Posted 26 January , 2020 29 minutes ago, NR72 said: Thank you ! You're welcome .. enjoy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyG Posted 10 May , 2021 Share Posted 10 May , 2021 (edited) On 05/01/2019 at 13:23, Black Maria said: A fantastic memoir that I have just finished reading is ' Where they kill Captains : memories of war 1914-19 ' by Douglas H. Butler . He joined up as a seventeen year old in the 1/4th Gloucestershire Regiment and later became a subaltern in the same battalion , seeing action at places such as Passchendaele ( the place where they kill captains) and on the Italian front . He wrote up his memoirs over a five year period and finished it shortly before his death in 1978 . The book is newly published in paperback by Pegasus . Thanks for the recommendation, have just bagged a copy. Martin Edited 10 May , 2021 by MartyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 10 May , 2021 Share Posted 10 May , 2021 5 hours ago, MartyG said: Thanks for the recommendation, have just bagged a copy. Martin You're welcome , i know all these things are subjective but i hope you enjoy reading it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 10 May , 2021 Share Posted 10 May , 2021 Oh goodie, we've resuscitated this post... got some nice diaries lined up ... The diaries of Thomasina Atkins, The Weary road... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyG Posted 11 May , 2021 Share Posted 11 May , 2021 15 hours ago, Black Maria said: You're welcome , i know all these things are subjective but i hope you enjoy reading it . I’m sure I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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